Former Coronation Street actor Andrew Lancel has been charged with historic child sex offences, police have said. The 42-year-old, charged yesterday under his real name Andrew Watkinson, will appear in court later this month to face five counts of indecent assault on a child under 16, Merseyside Police said.

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The investigation relates to alleged sexual abuse in the early 1970s while the victims were pupils at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys. Greater Manchester Police said a number of warrants were executed on December 11 but no arrests have yet been made

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